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docs: Fix conflicting contributor identity info

In commit d4563201f33a ("Documentation: simplify and clarify DCO
contribution example language"), the patch submission documentation was
updated to remove the note about pseudonyms and instead simplify it to
allow "known identities".

The process documentation still explicitly prohibits pseudonymous
contributors. This patch changes the process documentation to line up
with the submitting patches document.

Signed-off-by: Ammar Askar <ammar@ammaraskar.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250318235331.3566174-1-ammar@ammaraskar.com

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Documentation/process/1.Intro.rst
··· 251 251 foreseeable future. 252 252 253 253 It is imperative that all code contributed to the kernel be legitimately 254 - free software. For that reason, code from anonymous (or pseudonymous) 255 - contributors will not be accepted. All contributors are required to "sign 256 - off" on their code, stating that the code can be distributed with the 257 - kernel under the GPL. Code which has not been licensed as free software by 258 - its owner, or which risks creating copyright-related problems for the 259 - kernel (such as code which derives from reverse-engineering efforts lacking 254 + free software. For that reason, code from contributors without a known 255 + identity or anonymous contributors will not be accepted. All contributors are 256 + required to "sign off" on their code, stating that the code can be distributed 257 + with the kernel under the GPL. Code which has not been licensed as free 258 + software by its owner, or which risks creating copyright-related problems for 259 + the kernel (such as code which derives from reverse-engineering efforts lacking 260 260 proper safeguards) cannot be contributed. 261 261 262 262 Questions about copyright-related issues are common on Linux development